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Lovely! Tasha was an amazing woman who lived her life so fully and richly! Thank you for sharing.

May you have many happy years in your beautiful home ❤🏡

Beautiful sewing machine. I wish they were still made to this day. You have a cute home with beautiful flowers. What are those? Looks like lemon meringue pie, which is one of my favorite. I enjoy your reviews of books. Thanks!

Interesting story about Lana Turner. Have only seen" Imitation Of Life" and "Postman Always Rings Twice" because my mom liked Lana Turner and John Garfield. They were both good films. It might be an interesting story of how your dad knew the author of the book. Nice that you still have flowers blooming. I have lots of leaves. The illustrations in the little books are very cute. I think I would have them set out and opened to each new season and displayed. I like to do that with my books. You have gotten experienced already on your sewing machine as you certainly certainly knocked it out of the ballpark with your new dress. That look quite complicated to make. Fun finding your video pop up in my feed to enjoy during my late night owl hours. Now, if you have another slice of pie???? ;0)

Aww my dear this video is a masterpiece 🤩🥰

Love this! ♥️ I definitely want to try Judy Bolton. I also enjoy Angela Thirkell! I love the big sunflower heads. ♥️ what a lovely project to capture your garden in embroidery.

I can’t remember if 100 Years of Solitude or Love in the Time of Cholera (both such intriguing titles) was the first Gabriel Garcia Marquez book I read. I had a time of being obsessed by his writing. I agree that it’s like entering a dream world. Another lovely and thoroughly enjoyable video Katie. 💕💕💕

I love how you set the scene in your videos. Your home is a vintage beauty and totally reflects who you are. I feel you and that 30s bungalow were meant to be together!!💛

This is odd. I left a comment last night but it doesn't seem to have appeared. Anyway, enjoyed the visit to the cottage. I found seven of the Judy Bolton mysteries at Ebay for about $25 dollars a while back and have enjoyed reading those too. Your sunflowers were amazing and even after finishing their bloom they can go on to become food for the wildlife with seeds to regrow and be beautiful next year. And if by some reason you don't regrow them again you will have the reminder in the pretty embroidery you have done. While thrifting this week I found a table runner with vintage hand embroidery of flowers on it that I want to use in spring. Like your videos and have enjoyed your Instagram pages. Have a blessed end of summer.

Your video are very intresting i like how you dress in the 1930s your home the way you live is great because that is what you choose , you are a beautiful lady .....

I love your dresses in this video. The needle point of your garden is beautiful and what a great idea! I haven’t read those books but need to! Thanks for sharing this beautiful video.

Judy Bolton is great I’ve been getting them off of Amazon I think they are better than Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys and all the others but I do enjoy those also

Your home is such a cosy place, so sweet in every way and I love the idea you have family treasure you are still using, like the puzzle ❤️

Hi, Katie, I enjoy listening to your book reviews because you cover a wide range of topics, not just the latest tales whose reviews are easy to come by. As a child I loved the children's classics, fairy tales and ghost stories. I read many of the classics, such as Jane Austin's novels in school, but was never as enamored of them as many of the girls who became huge fans. After rereading some in the more recent past I have gotten more of an appreciation for the stories. As I got older I lost interest in fiction and read mostly non fiction as my father had large collections of books on WWII and the Civil War, ect. But today I am again getting back into reading fiction just to enjoy getting lost in a good story that can take you out of the moment for a while. I have found the Judy Bolton books through you and have been reading some of those mysteries and they are decent tales, easy to read books, and I like being transported back to the earlier time of these teens. (Haven't gotten into the stories as she ages) The "Cat Who Saved Books" sounds like a good read. Hope that you will continue your book reviews as time permits and let us know what you are reading. Love seeing the cottage, too. It is super cute!

Yay! ♥️ A new video from you! ☺️♥️🍃 Love your dresses! Goudge is one of my favorite authors. I also enjoyed Child from the Sea. 🍃

Thank you. Your take on each book always draws me in. I need to start looking for older books to read, they seem more interesting!

Sweet video! Enjoyed it!😊 Love the vintage fridge!

Lovely video. I've recently re-read the series and have enjoyed it so much.

Hello Katie.I love your videos. The books sound very interesting. I love Agatha Christie and I live in the UK,so I have seen the beautiful country villages,that are described. Have you ever been to England? X

Thank you. I always enjoy your reviews and thoughts of the books you read. Funny - about the last book. If you lift the veil, the abuse of power is happening now. It’s so in our face people miss it. But people are starting to take notice.

The Uninvited book sounds intriguing! I love your story about how it inspired you and your brother. I have a collection of Turgenev stories…I should try them soon! I love Miss Read.

I read High Rising in December and LOVED it! 🥰 I read a few of the short stories in Christmas at High Rising also. I will be continuing! ♥️

I'm also curious do you watch any movies for inspiration? If so can you recommend any? Thank you!

So refreshing to see a channel like this. I live in Southern California. I feel like it's so fast here. Trying to slow down and live in this same energy. Thank you for the inspiration 🩷

Love your channel!

Fascinating Katie. I've read so much about Marilyn Monroe and I always like to see something new about her. It was interesting to see those 70s ads too!

Late coming, but was so intrigued by the Catherine Martin book - I've grown up in Australia and never heard of it before. It does sound like it has similar story elements to Seven Little Australians (Turner) and My Brilliant Career (Franklin) which are well known Aussie classics that I have read or seen. I hope I'll be able to track a copy down in a second hand bookshop. Thanks for sharing with us!

Thank you Katie! 2 questions for you about the cookie recipe. 1) Do you know if they could be done with stevia instead of sugar? 2) Do the eggs need to be whole eggs or can it be done with just egg whites?

I loved this video! The cake looks so pretty and delicious, and your home looks really inviting. I think it’s wonderful that you’ve discovered more about the personality of the lady who lived in your home in the 50s. I’m sure she would be delighted to have her social teatime recreated! 💕💕💕

How was it? It looks good! What cool thing to do!

Great video! I really love that you found history on the past owner of your house, her clubs, and then made a cake to top it all off! Keep up the great work!!!!

How was the cake Katie? If you cut the parchment paper in a round so it fits in the bottom, the cake usually comes out easily and won't deform your cake. I enjoy seeing you dress up in different period clothes, and listening to your book reviews. Thank you!

I loved the atmospheric intro and your voice is so pretty and lovely to listen to. Your love of books is really infectious. I’m not drawn to Westerns anymore but your video reminded me of how I grew up watching them on TV, along with episodes of Little House on the Prairie. I loved the way you described the books, drawing attention to the relationships between people - which to me is always what’s most interesting in any genre 💗

This was lovely. I've only listened to the audiobooks of a few of the series. I had Little House in the Big Woods when I was little, but I never read it. It's now one of my favourites. I also love Plum Creek. I really want to listen to The Long Winter!

I absolutely loved everything in this video, sweet Katie!! Your content is so dreamy!🥰💝

I like your tea time...I usually read contemporary and classic greek literature.Greetings from Greece !!!🥰❤🍁

I enjoy your videos. Your take on the stories is so thorough and pulls me in. I am not interested in Westerns at all but I downloaded O Pioneers based off your recommendations. We need Halloween recommendations! Thanks!

Cather is a favorite of mine. You make me want to go read her! 🥰 Bess Streeter Aldrich may have pioneer historical fiction! 😄♥️ Try A Lantern in Her Hand and A White Bird Flying 😍. I’m not a fan of Lori Wick either!

I’m slowly savoring your video! 😄 I started The Virginian and it was beautiful written, need to finish it.

I read The Tale of Genji last year and really enjoyed it. I have plans to reread it in a couple of years. However, in the meantime, I've read other books that were written around that time period such as The Pillow Book and I felt that I was able to enjoy it more because of my previous knowledge of some of the rituals that were described in Lady Murasaki's book.

Thank you. I never would have thought about Japanese classics. I hope you do more different themes or other international classics. India?

Fascinating Katie, I so enjoyed hearing your book recommendations from Japanese authors. My best friend moved to Tokyo and we often discuss Japanese culture. She is very impressed by the polite and helpful attitude and says, despite the crowding in Tokyo, it is much more soothing to live in than London or Tel Aviv where she lived before. The idea that we need to be cleansed of the toxic energy from envious attack has something in it I think! 💗💕

So interesting. I have Farewell to Arms on my shelf. 🤔 I want to try Ursule!

These sound good! I recently read How Should You Then Live? I have The Makioka Sisters on my shelf

I subscribed to your channel a long time ago...you are very sweet...I reading books but not those books because I m from Greece...I would like to see videos with recipes and fashion because I like your special style...kisses from Greece!💙

Where is your dress from?! Lovely video ❤️

I was thinking of rereading the series, and I’m glad I found this video! I really appreciate how you talk about the problematic aspects of the pioneers that are really often glorified or glossed over!

I enjoyed this so much. I love all of your activities, being also drawn to living a simple old-fashioned life. Your hand sewn gingham home furnishings are adorable. I also watched this thinking I have a lot to learn from you in regard to cinematography, Beautifully filmed x

Lovely video! Enjoyed it very much!!